The rules of the finals were not much different from those of the preliminary rounds.
Itâs still a one-on-one competition. The winner advances, and itâs a series of alternating matches.
If thereâs any difference, itâs probably that each round the opponents get stronger.
When Gu Shengyin first stepped onto the stage, she attracted a lot of attention.
After all, the prefix she carried was Nine Netherworld Abyss.
The name Nine Netherworld Abyss was well-known; everyone had heard of it. No one ever heard of summoners appearing there, so everyone was very curious.
However, Gu Shengyinâs performance was consistently ordinary.
In these few matches, she summoned the Level Nine demon beast, Flame Lark, which was strong but not as impressive as the astonishing abilities of Yuan Tianqin and others.
Many watched Gu Shengyin and shook their heads, saying this contestant from Nine Netherworld Abyss was too young compared to the others.
In other words, they did not think highly of her.
But Gu Shengyin did not care.
She had her reasons for acting this way.
Yuan Tianqin also noticed Gu Shengyin.
When he heard she was from Nine Netherworld Abyss, his expression instantly turned cold.
The hatred of having his tongue cut out ten years ago was always fresh in his mind, and whenever thereâs an opportunity... whenever thereâs an opportunity, he would never miss the chance for revenge!
Yuan Qinâs heart also festered with hatredâYuan Tianqin lost only a tongue, but she had lost the entire prospect of becoming a summoner.
No one knew how much effort she put in to stay in the Yuan Familyâs main house, nor how much she worked to become Yuan Tianqinâs most trusted subordinate.
But none of that mattered now.
She stayed by Yuan Tianqinâs side, sharing the same goalâto one day exact revenge.
To seek revenge against the Overlord of the Nine Netherworld Abyss, Lord Lin Yuan, and against Yuan Tianyi who caused their present state!
The laughable thing was, these two were seething with hatred but failed to recognize Gu Shengyin when they saw her.
Originally, Yuan Tianyi did not have a good life in the Yuan Family. At ten, she was as thin and small as other children aged seven or eight, with pale skin and a delicate face always downcast and unnoticed.
Things changed when she arrived at Nine Netherworld Abyss.
Lin Yuan nearly treated Gu Shengyin like a treasure in his hand, pampering her.
In the expansive Nine Netherworld Abyss, where treasures abound, those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures coveted by outsiders, were all given freely by Lin Yuan to Gu Shengyin like snacks.
After ten years, the grown-up Gu Shengyin differed vastly from the young Yuan Tianyi in appearance and demeanor, as if she were a different person.
She entered the competition with a false nameâGu Yuan.
If they could still recognize her, that would indeed be bizarre.
Yet, even without recognizing Gu Shengyin as the Yuan Tianyi they had resented for ten years, Yuan Tianqin, upon hearing she hailed from Nine Netherworld Abyss, had no intention of letting her go.
Unable to avenge Yuan Tianyi and Lord Lin Yuan, he could at least vent some frustration on someone related to them.
He wasnât afraid of repercussions afterwardâitâs a competition, right? In the heat of battle, might doesnât always stay well-controlled. If accidents occurred, it wasnât within his control, was it?
Even if Lord Lin Yuan was powerful, he couldnât be unreasonable, could he?
But Yuan Tianqin, plotting meticulously, never expected that the one he deemed useless in front of him, Gu Shengyin, had the same intention.